*laughs* Taylor can volunteer for all the scans in the world, but if the PRT decides she has powers because of her beating two parahumans the results of them don't matter. They will just treat her like a Parahuman regardless, not just that, but a Parahuman with a legitimate reason to hate all of them, so she'll be under worse scrutiny than normal.
The thing about 'beating' parahumans is that it's essentially just a regular fight with a little bit of battle of wits thrown in (at least at the level of the average cape in BB) - having your own powers helps, but isn't necessary. In both fights, her primary strategy was to exploit the weaknesses of their powers (Sophia's breaker state, Surprising Victor by retaliating). I think it's far more reasonable that they'd say "this is a Normal with a talent for exploiting the weaknesses of capes" than "you've beaten two capes now, which makes you a parahuman in the eyes of the law." The PRT is plenty incompetent and corrupt, but they're not falling for their Own propaganda (as someone earlier in the thread pointed out, they push the idea that only Capes can beat Capes but are Themselves an organization dedicated to beating capes with Normals.)
Take into account that she specifically uses BJJ to make him shoot himself. That will because of a few things:
Possibly, not going to stop the Empire from trying to kill her though, or Coil from at least attempting to kidnap her.
In terms of the law, the PRT would probably need proof of a power. Because otherwise the PRT could take any case it wants / gain jurisdiction whenever by just claiming 'power'.
In canon, sure, because everyone except Dragon was a blithering, incompetent idiot.
Sure it will. Before Amy was a convenient PR asset of a monster.
Wait, does that mean she can create penny(Rwby)?
Oh I have absolutely zero doubt the Author is competent. You should probably take into account that people acting intelligently isn't going to always be a good thing for Taylor though, and untill this situation is resolved I will be expecting the worse case scenario(the PRT puzzling out that Taylor has powers).
Chevalier can, at the very least. He's in Philadelphia.
No, but she did make Prometheus and fill him in on how Coil works. At this point the protagonist doesn't yet realize what she's wrought, in that regard.
It should be noted that if someone stubbornly insists they aren't a cape and just want to be left alone, there's not much the PRT can actually do about it unless the person does something criminal. They can't draft people. Even if they're pretty sure that someone's a parahuman despite any claims to the contrary.
Penny is more like an artificial intelligence in a gynoid body than an upload, if we set aside the complicating factors of Aura and Dust. But yes, in principle the main character can make artificial intelligences and synthetic bodies for them with the right charges.
As a general rule, stuff compatible with hard sci fi is doable with the appropriate charges. The stuff that basically thumbs its nose at the laws of physics (transporter beams come to mind) instead of just bending them isn't.
Chevalier, as Lycanthromancer mentioned, but he needs to see someone in person for it to work, and that aspect of his power is a fairly closely guarded secret since it can be used to unmask people.
That moment you realise that taylor just made a Jarvis with the potential viciousness of ultron and the dog headed determination of john wick.
Agreed it's only a nightmare to Taylors enemies. To Taylor herself? He will be her bestest friend *smile with too many sharp teeth*.
That may be so but she could file a complaint about harrasment if they persist because, while the PRT can decide that she is effectively a parahuman, legally speaking a "parahuman" has a strict definition, one probably along the lines of "person with a corona pollentia and gemma who has paranormal powers". Take that and combine it with the fact that the PRT now has two reasons to want to discredit Taylor (the Sophia thing and the getting shot by a villain inside the PRT building thing) and you can have a lawyer argue that the PRT is acting outside of their jurisdiction with malicious intentions and force them to fuck off via court order. Just calling her a new Case # wouldn't work either because you can't have a sample size of one and that one just so happens to be someone you'd like under your thumb.
